diff --git a/src/xpra/sound/sink.py b/src/xpra/sound/sink.py
index 305c5221cd..11e1feed00 100755
--- a/src/xpra/sound/sink.py
+++ b/src/xpra/sound/sink.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     DEFAULT_SINK = SINKS[0]
 QUEUE_SILENT = 0
 QUEUE_TIME = get_queue_time(450)
-QUEUE_MIN_TIME = get_queue_time(QUEUE_TIME//2//MS_TO_NS, "MIN")
+QUEUE_MIN_TIME = get_queue_time(QUEUE_TIME//4//MS_TO_NS, "MIN")
 assert QUEUE_MIN_TIME<=QUEUE_TIME